Michael Bowman
@mrhemp.bsky.social
Proud Irish ☘️ descendant. Farm boy at heart. Executive Producer, film, food, travel, social justice, hemp advocate, regenerative agriculture, whiskey, #WillieNelson, #goodtrouble #DirtRoadDemocrat living in a concrete jungle.
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Michael Bowman
@mrhemp.bsky.social
· Dec 8
In June,’13 I penned the language that would legalize industrial hemp production in the 2014 Farm Bill. On July 4 we flew a hemp flag over the US Capitol. We opened the barn door; an industry was birthed (to the chagrin of DEA Administrator Leonhart). #Section7606
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#ResistanceEarth
One thing we have in abundance here in New Mexico is wind. The $11 billion SunZia wind project, 20 years in the making, will go online in 2026, bringing renewable power to 11 million homes. It's also bringing millions of dollars in investment and tax revenue to rural communities.
One thing we have in abundance here in New Mexico is wind. The $11 billion SunZia wind project, 20 years in the making, will go online in 2026, bringing renewable power to 11 million homes. It's also bringing millions of dollars in investment and tax revenue to rural communities.
December 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
#ResistanceEarth
One thing we have in abundance here in New Mexico is wind. The $11 billion SunZia wind project, 20 years in the making, will go online in 2026, bringing renewable power to 11 million homes. It's also bringing millions of dollars in investment and tax revenue to rural communities.
One thing we have in abundance here in New Mexico is wind. The $11 billion SunZia wind project, 20 years in the making, will go online in 2026, bringing renewable power to 11 million homes. It's also bringing millions of dollars in investment and tax revenue to rural communities.
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"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
November 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Watch special elections and retirement announcements for the next flashpoint.
November 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Watch special elections and retirement announcements for the next flashpoint.
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Private prison company GEO Group allegedly made immigration detainees work for no pay. Now it's at the Supreme Court trying to prevent the detainees from suing. bit.ly/4pfafj2
Supreme Court Considers Private Prison Case
A private prison company seeks a ruling that could help all government contractors evade liability.
www.brennancenter.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Private prison company GEO Group allegedly made immigration detainees work for no pay. Now it's at the Supreme Court trying to prevent the detainees from suing. bit.ly/4pfafj2
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Conservatives yell “socialism” at every initiative designed to help people.
Maybe you've heard the word a few times already today.
But this is nothing more than an old scare tactic.
A functioning government requires pooling resources for the common good. Let me explain.
Maybe you've heard the word a few times already today.
But this is nothing more than an old scare tactic.
A functioning government requires pooling resources for the common good. Let me explain.
Socialism Fear-mongering is Bananas | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Conservatives yell “socialism” at every initiative designed to help people.
Maybe you've heard the word a few times already today.
But this is nothing more than an old scare tactic.
A functioning government requires pooling resources for the common good. Let me explain.
Maybe you've heard the word a few times already today.
But this is nothing more than an old scare tactic.
A functioning government requires pooling resources for the common good. Let me explain.
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🎉
November 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
🎉
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"Sounds crazy but Trump boasted to reporters about seeing Bolsonaro “in the very near future” before learning the convicted former Brazilian leader had just been arrested after the escape plot was foiled
www.signorile.com/p/was-trump-...
www.signorile.com/p/was-trump-...
Was Trump plotting to help Bolsonaro escape and give him asylum in the U.S?
Sounds crazy but Trump boasted to reporters about seeing Bolsonaro “in the very near future” before learning the convicted former Brazilian leader had just been arrested after escape plot was foiled.
www.signorile.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
"Sounds crazy but Trump boasted to reporters about seeing Bolsonaro “in the very near future” before learning the convicted former Brazilian leader had just been arrested after the escape plot was foiled
www.signorile.com/p/was-trump-...
www.signorile.com/p/was-trump-...
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NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
(Sound up)
DAY 24 NOVEMBER 2025
🚨 SPECIAL SHOUT OUT
TO TENNESSEE 🚨
8 DAYS TO GO
Special Election in Tenn. Congressional District TN07
This is Red District in play
VOTER TURNOUT IS KEY
PLEASE tell everyone to
VOTE AFTYN BEHN
FLIP It BLUE
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
(Sound up)
DAY 24 NOVEMBER 2025
🚨 SPECIAL SHOUT OUT
TO TENNESSEE 🚨
8 DAYS TO GO
Special Election in Tenn. Congressional District TN07
This is Red District in play
VOTER TURNOUT IS KEY
PLEASE tell everyone to
VOTE AFTYN BEHN
FLIP It BLUE
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
(Sound up)
DAY 24 NOVEMBER 2025
🚨 SPECIAL SHOUT OUT
TO TENNESSEE 🚨
8 DAYS TO GO
Special Election in Tenn. Congressional District TN07
This is Red District in play
VOTER TURNOUT IS KEY
PLEASE tell everyone to
VOTE AFTYN BEHN
FLIP It BLUE
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
(Sound up)
DAY 24 NOVEMBER 2025
🚨 SPECIAL SHOUT OUT
TO TENNESSEE 🚨
8 DAYS TO GO
Special Election in Tenn. Congressional District TN07
This is Red District in play
VOTER TURNOUT IS KEY
PLEASE tell everyone to
VOTE AFTYN BEHN
FLIP It BLUE
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
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Radia Perlman is most famous for her invention of the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), which is fundamental to the operation of network bridges, while working for Digital Equipment Corporation, thus earning her nickname "Mother of the Internet"
@goodplacejames.bsky.social
@goodplacejames.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Radia Perlman is most famous for her invention of the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), which is fundamental to the operation of network bridges, while working for Digital Equipment Corporation, thus earning her nickname "Mother of the Internet"
@goodplacejames.bsky.social
@goodplacejames.bsky.social
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Still depressing that this isn’t THE story of his first year.
The numbers vary from study to study but hundreds of thousands of people have died because of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio illegally disbanding USAID — a body count on par with the first eight years of the Syrian civil war — In just seven months. It’s mass death that is simply unfathomable in scale.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Still depressing that this isn’t THE story of his first year.
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Sen. Mark Kelly on MS NOW: "I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I've been nearly shot down multiple times … My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head, six people killed around her … We know what political violence is. And we know what causes it, too."
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Sen. Mark Kelly on MS NOW: "I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I've been nearly shot down multiple times … My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head, six people killed around her … We know what political violence is. And we know what causes it, too."
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Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
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I've heard worse ideas.👀
Marc Elias for AG 🇺🇸
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I've heard worse ideas.👀
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What a day
MTG is resigning, Zohran Mamdani went to the Oval Office, and Stephen Miller is huddled in a corner of his lair ugly crying to his mannequins.
November 22, 2025 at 3:29 AM
What a day
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Earth is beautiful 🌏
Our only home …and she needs protecting at ANY cost
Our only home …and she needs protecting at ANY cost
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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If Congress will not pass a resolution condemning Trump’s unhinged calls for the imprisonment and execution of elected officials, they’re essentially giving him permission to keep pushing for political violence.
November 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
If Congress will not pass a resolution condemning Trump’s unhinged calls for the imprisonment and execution of elected officials, they’re essentially giving him permission to keep pushing for political violence.
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I’m going to get a new broom and dustpan today to sweep up the broken crumbs that were once the Republican Party.
And maybe some popcorn.
And maybe some popcorn.
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I’m going to get a new broom and dustpan today to sweep up the broken crumbs that were once the Republican Party.
And maybe some popcorn.
And maybe some popcorn.
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tl;dr:
The United States
House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution effectively declaring Senator Lindsey Graham to be a ridiculous twit
The United States
House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution effectively declaring Senator Lindsey Graham to be a ridiculous twit
November 20, 2025 at 3:41 AM
tl;dr:
The United States
House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution effectively declaring Senator Lindsey Graham to be a ridiculous twit
The United States
House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution effectively declaring Senator Lindsey Graham to be a ridiculous twit
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Marjorie Taylor Greene has been hated by the left for years and never feared for her life. She’s been hated by the right for two days and had to hire security.
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been hated by the left for years and never feared for her life. She’s been hated by the right for two days and had to hire security.
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As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief.
His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau background check is unprecedented, insiders say.
By @williamturton.bsky.social @chrisbing.bsky.social
His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau background check is unprecedented, insiders say.
By @williamturton.bsky.social @chrisbing.bsky.social
FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:40 AM
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief.
His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau background check is unprecedented, insiders say.
By @williamturton.bsky.social @chrisbing.bsky.social
His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau background check is unprecedented, insiders say.
By @williamturton.bsky.social @chrisbing.bsky.social
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Q: Why wait for Congress to release the Epstein files? Why not just do it now?
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Q: Why wait for Congress to release the Epstein files? Why not just do it now?
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
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The people of Chicago won
Trump, Kristi Noem and ICE lost
Not only did Greg Bovino and his agents leave the city in disgrace
A judge ruled that they must release as many as 615 unjustly detained immigrants
Plus-they must stop pressuring immigrants to voluntarily leave
Never
Stop
Resisting
Trump, Kristi Noem and ICE lost
Not only did Greg Bovino and his agents leave the city in disgrace
A judge ruled that they must release as many as 615 unjustly detained immigrants
Plus-they must stop pressuring immigrants to voluntarily leave
Never
Stop
Resisting
November 18, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The people of Chicago won
Trump, Kristi Noem and ICE lost
Not only did Greg Bovino and his agents leave the city in disgrace
A judge ruled that they must release as many as 615 unjustly detained immigrants
Plus-they must stop pressuring immigrants to voluntarily leave
Never
Stop
Resisting
Trump, Kristi Noem and ICE lost
Not only did Greg Bovino and his agents leave the city in disgrace
A judge ruled that they must release as many as 615 unjustly detained immigrants
Plus-they must stop pressuring immigrants to voluntarily leave
Never
Stop
Resisting
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This is nuts.
Big Government bullshit.
Let Lubbock be Lubbock.
Big Government bullshit.
Let Lubbock be Lubbock.
Lubbock Will Remove Buddy Holly-Themed Crosswalk After Federal Crackdown
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:28 AM
This is nuts.
Big Government bullshit.
Let Lubbock be Lubbock.
Big Government bullshit.
Let Lubbock be Lubbock.
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Thousands of documents related to Amelia Earhart, the aviator who vanished in 1937 while attempting to become the first woman to circumnavigate the world, were published online by the National Archives on Friday but Earhart experts said the collection was a dud.
Trump Administration Releases Thousands of Amelia Earhart Files
More than 4,000 documents related to Earhart were posted online, but scholars were not impressed. The release coincides with a period of intensified interest in the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and his connection to the president.
nyti.ms
November 18, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Thousands of documents related to Amelia Earhart, the aviator who vanished in 1937 while attempting to become the first woman to circumnavigate the world, were published online by the National Archives on Friday but Earhart experts said the collection was a dud.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.